In vitro detection of prionemia in TSE-infected cervids and hamsters.

Blood-borne transmission of infectious prions during the symptomatic and asymptomatic stages of disease occurs for both human and animal transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). The geographical distribution of the cervid TSE, chronic wasting disease (CWD), continues to spread across North...

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Main Authors: Alan M Elder, Davin M Henderson, Amy V Nalls, Jason M Wilham, Byron W Caughey, Edward A Hoover, Anthony E Kincaid, Jason C Bartz, Candace K Mathiason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3815098?pdf=render